Truck.



G. P. TAYLOR.

TRUCK.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 1.1911.

Patented Dec. 29, 1914.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE P. TAYLOR, 0F HOLYOKE, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGN- MENTS, TO HERBERT W. GOWAN, J. LEWIS WYCKOFF, AND EDWARD N. WHITE, TRUSTEES, DOING BUSINESS AS COWAN TRUCK COMPANY.

TRUCK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 29, 191d.

Application filed July 1, 1911. Serial No. 636,400.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE P. TAYLOR, a citizen of'the' United States of America, rcsiding at Holyoke, in the county of Hampden and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Truck, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in trucks, and more especially to hand trucks such as are used in factories, warehouses, stores, and other places to haul goods or materials from one point to another, and preferably but not necessarilyto such trucks in which the construction is of a nature to convert a horizontal movement into a vertical movement, and said invention resides particularly in certain peculiar means or mechanism operated by the handle or tongue of the truck for operating in turn or mov ing the upper truck section in relation to the lower truck section, or vice verse, as hereinafter set forth. l

The objects of mv invention are, first, to

produce an elevating truck for use in raising goods or material from the support therefor or with such support from the floor, hauling the same to any desired place, and there depositing said goods or material, whereby a large saving in time, labor and expense is effected; second, to produce a truck of this kind and for this purpose which is comparatively simple both inconstruction and operation. light, and inexpensive, and at the same time strong and durable; third, to provide suchn truck wit powerful, quickacting, operating means hich-is under the control of the handle r i iongue of the truck I and mat; be said to jleutomatically con trolled bv the'latteryfio the end that said truck is not only capable of handling a great weight, but of doing so with the expenditure of the minimum amount of exertion, or effort on the part of the operator, and, fourth,

to provide a truckwhich, while it hash sufliclout-range of elevation, is, nevertheless, so low that it can be opemtedin connection with a. pile'or stack of goods or material that is supported very closerto the floor, this being a. decided advantagebecause of the desirabilitv of piling or stacking the goods or materialwithout too much space between the bottom of the same and the floor.

Other obiects will appear in the course of the following description.

various aspects are not material and may be modified without departure fromthe spirit of the invention.

In the drawings, in which similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views, Figure 1 is a top plan of a truck which embodies the said invention; Fig. 2, a side elevation of such truck; Fig. 3, also a. sidc'elevation of said truck, but showing the upper truck section depressed and the operating mechanism dis posed accordingly; Fig. $.41 rear end elevation of the truck, and, Fig. 5, a cross-section taken on lines 5-5, looking in the direction of the associated arrow, in Fig. 1.

The body of the truck shown as an e1nbodiment of the invention consists of u central longitudinal bottom plate 1 having its rear end rigidlv attached to the underside of an axle 2 and its forward terminal turned up as represented at 3, and two di erging braces 4 rigidly attached at their front ends to the top of said plate and attheii heck ends to the aforesaid underside of said axle, such braces being ofi'set downwnrdl to per-- mit this last attachment to be made. Two wheels 6 are mounted on the axle 2 and sup port the back end of the truck, and a third wheel 71's provided to support the front end of said truck and for steering p11rposes:snid

,lnstmcntioned wheel being mounted be tween the armsof a fork 8 on an axle H in the lower ends of the arms of said ffllli, which for has its stem pivotallv mounted verticullv in a bearing 10 that extends for word from a bracket 11 secured against the front of the upstanding part 3 of the plate].

Fastenwl securely on the braces l imnu diutely in front of the axle 2 are two wedgeblocks 1:, and fastened securelv ouethr P ate 1 some little distance behind the per: i Aifil between the front ends of said braces is P. third wedgeblock 13. The inclininl I-(Lilh of the three wedge-blocks are few-ml the 'front, that is to say, each edge-block has line with the wedge-blocks12,aretwoguideblocks 14, while another guide-block 15 is similarly mounted on the plate 1 in advance of the wedge-block 13. Each ide-block 1% is provided with an inwar ly-extending flange 16, Fig.4, the underside of which flange has the same inclination as that of the wedge-blocks. The guide-block 15 has a central longitudinal slot 17 therein opening through the top thereof, and the sides of such slot are undercut to form flanges 18-18 having their undersides inclined like the undersides of the flanges .16.

A handle or tongue 19, onl the inner terminal of which appears in the-drawings, is provided for the truck, and this tongue has a forked terminal 20 which is pivotally mounted on the axle 9. This construction provides the tongue 19 with a shoulder 21, as shown in Fig. 1. Preferably the terminal 20 is arranged at an angle to tongue 19, as shown, so that the tongue 19 can be held conveniently in an approximately horizontal Dosition while hauling the truck.

The platform of the truck shown as an embodiment of the invention consists of two diverging plates 22 rigidly connected at their rear ends to the top of a cross-piece 23. and at their front ends to the top of a crosspiece 24. and two side beams or rails25 and :t back beam or rail 26, the former. being se cared to said plates and the latter to said cross-piece 23 on top. The rails 25 and 2 are the members upon which the load is d' rectly received. The plates 22 carry on their undersides two wedge-blocks 27 to coiiperate with the wedgeblocks 12, and the crosspiece 24 carries on its underside a wedgelock 28 to coiiperatc with the wedge-block 13, said \vedgeblocks 27 and 28 being in proper positions for such coiiperation and, having their working faces inclined up-' wardly and rearwardly. Two angular brackets 29 equipped with laterally extending pins 30 are secured to the underside of the cross-piece 23 in such a way-that said pins extend beneath the flanges 16 of the guide-blocks 14. Secured to the top of the cross-piece 524 between the front terminals of the plates 22 is :1 lug 31 which projects forwardly and downwardly and has a pin 3:3 inserted in the free end thereof. The aforesaid free or front end of the lug 31 extends into ard operates in the slot 17 of the guidehiocl: 15, and the pin 32 projects laterally from said lug on both sides and beneath the flanges 18 of said guide-block. Each end of the cross-piece 2% is bent downwardly to form an ear v -The arrangement of parts in the illus tratcd embodiment of the invention is such that longitudinal movement of the platform must bring about either the raising or lowering of the same, according to the direction of such movement, owing to the presence of yoke.

the interposed wedge-blocks, while said platform is held by the guide-blocks against ateral movement, by reason of the fact that the brackets 29 are between the rear guideblocks and the lug 31 in the slot 17 in the forward guide-block; furthermore, the pins 30 and 32, which engage the flanges 16 and 18, follow up or down said flanges, as the case may be, and because said pins do thus engage the flanges the prevent the platform from tiltin at eit er and. As already intimated, the 111530 and 32 are always in engagement with the flanges 16 and 18, a condition due to the constant relation of said pins to the wedge-blocks 27 and 2B and the oorres ondeno'e between all wedge-block bevels an the flange bevels.

Passing'next to the illustrated operating mechanism for the platform, or for the body, as the case may be, it will belobserve'd that a yoke 34, through which the tongue 19 or its fork 20 extends, is pivoted to the bracket 11 by means of a pin 35 which extends through such bracket from side to side, and that such yoke is connected by means of two links 36 with the platform. The rear end of each link 36 is pivoted at 37 to an our 33, and the front end of such link,

or in the present case an extension 38 rigidly attached thereto, is pivoted at 39 to one of the ends of the yoke 34 behind or below the pin 35, according to the osition of said As here represente knuckle-'oints are formed between the ends of the yo e 34, each of which ends extends a short distance beyond the pin 35, as just noted, and the contiguous ends of the links 36, that is to say, such ends of the yoke are let in to such ends 05 the links, for the purpose of stiflening or strengthening the construction.

A flat plunger 41 is mounted for vertical movement on two bolts 42 which pass throu h a verticalslot 43 in said plunger into i e part 3. This plunger rests on the links 36 behind the pivots 39, and its movement is limited by the slot 43. Projecting forward from the top of the plunger 41 is a dog 14 which is in he ath of the shoulder 21. The dog 44 has a ownwardly and for- \vardly slanting top surface.

The plunger 41 is forced down by the action of the shoulderfil on the dog -14, when the tongue 19 is swung upward or backward on the axle 9 into the position shown in Fig. 3, and in descending forces the ivotall connected ends of the lin {S 36 an yok ef t downward. said links roe ing on the m 37 and said yoke swingm on the pm 39, with the result'thatthe p atform is drawn into its forward and lbw position, with the wedge-blocks 27 and 28 resting on the braces 4 and plate 1, respectively, and said yoke is thrown upward into the position shown in said view, this movement on the part of the yoke on the pivot 35 being responsible for the advance movement of said platform. Wlien the tongue 19, which is now resting on the dog 44, is thrown forward again, its terminal 20 encounters the yoke 3i and carries said yoke over into an approximately horippntal position, a very powerful leverage being thus produced owing to the peculiar construction of the parts, and said oke in changing osition forces back the inks 36 and with t em the platform which at the same time rises on the wedge-blocks and through the medium of the wedgeblocks. The links 36 are not only moved rearwardly by this action of the yoke, but the also swing upwardly at their front en 5 with the ends of said yoke, such upward movement being limited by the plan ger 41 which is elevated by said links until the bottom of the slot 43 encounters the buttom bolt 42, when further movement of the parts ceases. The movement is suflicicnt to locate the pivots 39 slightly above an imaginary plane connecting the pivots 37 and 35,

so that the platform is locked in its backward, elevated osition by the links, yoke and lunger. he members are thus disposed as illustrated in Figs. 1, 2, 4 and 5.

It will be seen thatthe members til, 35, 36. 37,38 and 39 rovide toggle means for operating the plat orm of the truck and for locking the same in raised position. Wheh the member 34 is depressed it forces the member 38 rearwardly until the pivot has been forced beyond a line extending d irectly between pivots 3,5 and 37. The construction will then act as a toggle lock, be-

cause the member 36 cannot move upany farther. The specific toggle operating means and lock is claimed herein as novel, and it is also desired to cover the full mechanical equivalent of the means described.

Any load which the truck is adapted to handle can be raised and lowered with ease and celerity by this mechanism.

The pile of goods or material to be handled with my truck is supported from the floor at a suflicient height to enable said truck to be run under the same when the platform is depressed, and usually benches unattached to the floor are provided to support such goods or material, such benches being raised, transported, and set down again with the goods or material on them during the entirepperation.

Briefly, the operation of the illustrated truck as a whole is described as, follows: The truck, with the tongue 19 down as a rule, is hauled to the vicinity of the load to be movd and backed up to the same, then said tongue is thrown upward and backward to lower the platform, the medium of the plunger 41, links 36 and yoke 34, and the wedge-blocks, and the truck is backed beneath the load, entering between theside supports for said load, the

with the through same being the side supports of the bench when the latter is used. Next the tongue 19 is forced downward and forward to raise the load, which includes the bench when present, from the floor on or with the platform, through the medium of the yoke and links and the wed e-blocks. The load is now hauled to the desired locality and there deposited by once more throwing up the tongue to lower the bench to descend onto the floor, or the load without the bench, in the absence of the latter, to descend onto other supporting means. It is obvious that in lowering the platform its movement is controlled by the operator who uses the tongue to press backward against and resist the upward pressure of the upwardly moving yoke which is forced against the tongue by the weight of the load. Of course in this form of the in vention. this braking action of the tongue or handle may be eli'ectuated immediately after the breaking of the toggle by rapidly moving the tongue forwardly until it meets the yoke, which is rising under the weight of the load, and it cannot be used in taking up the pressure of the yoke during its complete rise, but only for a part of its rise. unless the foot of the operator presses the yoke back. In the better form of the invention which is to form the subject of a separate application, the tongue may be used as described during the conr plete rise of the yoke, for the )urpose of braking the upward pressure oi the yoke. Finally the truck is drawn from beneath the load and out of the way.

It will be observed that when the parts are in the position shown in Fig. 2, that is, platform raised and locked, the handle may be raised, thus disengaging it from the toggle portion 34, and can then be freely moved to the right and left or up and down, without engaging or un ocking the toggle. This permits the manipulation of the steering wheel and of the handle freely in the ordinary operation of wheeling and steering the truck after the platform has been raised.

When the mechanism is operated to elevate the'load and the rails 25 come into contact with the under surface of the load, there is, obviously, so much frictional resistance that the truck platform is held stationary while the truck body moves forward on the wheels 6 and 7, but the result is the same, that is, the platform is elevated and carries the load up with it.

platform and permit the This truck, whether loaded or unloaded,

is drawn about on its wheels bythe tongue in the same ma nner as any truck tion by the load imposed on said plat parts added, and parts substituted by others, without departing from the scope Llld spirit of the presentinvention.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patient, is

1. A truck provided with a handle or tongue and comprising the bombination with the latter of an upwardly movable platform, a toggle having 0 erative connection with said platform an operable by said handle, ada )ted to be maintained in position to lock sai platform in raised position by the load imposed on said platform, and a movable toggle stop operable by said handlei said handle being independent of said stop.

2. A truck, comprising the combination of a base, a platform movable upwardly from said base, a handle or tongue, on one of said parts, a toggle-connected with said base our platform and adapted to be maintained in position to lock said platform in raised position by the load imposed on said platform, and means for acting on said toggle to unlock said platform, said means be ing operable at will by said handle and said hand e bcin" independent of said means.

3. A truck provided with a handle and comprising an upwardly movable platform, a toggle having operative connection with said platform, adapted to be maintained in position to lock said platform in raisedfposiorm, and to be actuated to permit the lowering of said platform. and separate members operablc by said handle for operating said toggle.

4. A truck, comprising an upwardly movable platform and a toggle having operative connection with said platform, adapted to be maintained in position to lock said platform in raised position by the, load imposed on said platform, and to be ctuated to permitthe lowerin of said platform. and means for operating said toggle comprising a handle. and members between which said handle is free to move, one of said members being movable toward said handle through the operation of the other member by said handle.

5. A truck, comprising the combination of a base havingywheels at the rear and a wheel swivclcd at the front, a handle connected with said wheel for steering the truck. a platform movable up and down, and means operated by said handle for'raising and locking said platform, so that the load holds said means locked, said handle being movable independently of said meansand adapted to operate thereon at will and being also free to be moved laterally of said means. 7

' 6. A truck. comprising the combination of an upwardly movable platform. a hand e, an upright swivel connecting said handle .otally connected with said platform, means pivoted to said base and having an end extending beyond its pivot, toward said link, said latter extended end being pivoted to the forward end of said link to provide a toggle,

and means for actuating said pivoted means to raise said platform.

8. In a truck, the combination of a base, having an u standing member at the front end, a plat orm, means for guiding said platform upwardly and downwardly, and means for moving said platform downwardly, comprising a. handle or tongue provided with a shoulder, means for pivotally connecting the handle or tongue with the base, links pivotally connected with said platform and said base, and a rising and allirrg plunger mounted on said upstanding member above said links and provided with a member located in the path of said shoulder when said handle is swung backward.

9. The combination, in a truck, with a. suitable body and a suitable superimposed platform arranged for relative horizontal movement, means to convert such movement into a vertical movement, and guide means in) for said platform at the ends to prevent it from tilting, such guide means being independent of said first-mentioned means, of a handle or tongue for the truck, and means operated by said handle or tongue to pro duce the aforesaid horizontal movement.

10. The combination, in a truck, of upper and under sections arranged for relative horirontal movement, enacting wed e-blocks attached'to said sections, flanged guideblocks attached to one of such sections, the guide-block flanges being inclined. and members carried by the other of said sections to engage said flanges.

11. The combination. in a truck, with a suitable body and a suitable superimposed platform arranged for relative horizontal movement, and means to convert such movement into a vertical movement. of mechanism for actuating said platform or said body, as the case may be, such mechanism comprisingma tongue pivotally connected with said dy, a yoke pivotally connected with said body in'the path of said tongue, links pivotally connecting said platform with said yoke, and a movable member in operative relation to said links and also in the path of sa d tongue.

12. The combination. in a truck. with a suitable body and a suitable superimposed 13G platform arranged for relative horizontal movement, such body having an upstanding member at the front end, and means to convert said movement into a vertical movement, of a tongue pivotally connected with said body and provided with n shoulder, a yoke pivotally connected with said body in the path of said tongue when swung forward, links pivotally connecting' said platform with said yoke, and a! rising and falling plunger mounted on said upstanding member above said links and'provided with a member locntcd in the path of said shoulder when said tongue is swung backward.

13. T hecombination, in a truck, with a suitable body and 'a suitable superimposed the path of said tongue when swung forward, links pivotally connecting said platform with said yoke, a rising and falling plunger mounted on said upstanding member above said links and provided with a member located in the path of said shoulder when said tongue is swung backward, and means to limit the movement of said plunger.

14. The combination, in a truck, with a suitable body'and a suitable superimposed platform arranged for relative horizontal movement. such body having an upstanding member at the front end. and means to convert such movement into a vertical movement. of a yoke pi otally connected with said upstanding member of said bodyQlinks pivotally connecting said platform with said yoke, and means to stop the pivotallyconnected parts of said links and yoke in their upward movement after the axis of the same has passed the plane common to the axial connections between said body and yoke and between said platform and links.

[5. A truck comprising the combination of a base, a platform movable upwardly from said base, a handle or tongue on one of said parts. a toggle connected with'said base tained in position to lock said platform in raised position by the load imposed on said platform. and means for acting on 'said toggle between its toggle joint and one of its ends to break the toggle and to unlock said platform.

16. A truck provided with a handle and comprising an upwardlv movable platform, a toggle having operative connection with said platf rm. adapted to be maintained in position to lock said platform in raised p0- sirion bv the load imposed on said platform, and to be actuated to permit the lowering of and platform and adapted to be main-- said platform, and separate members for operating said toggle, one of said members being operable by said handle to raise said platform and the other acting on said toggle between its toggle joint and one of its ends to break the toggle and to unlock said platform for permitting it to lower.

17. A truck, comprising the combination of a base a platform carried by and move able up and down on said base. a handle pivoted to swing up and down, means adapted to move said platform through the mov ment of said handle comprising a member pivoted to the base. and a link connected to the platform and pivoted to said member at a distance from the pivot of said member, said member and link adapted to be moved by the depression of said handle and said member extending across and in front of said handle when said handle is raised and the platform is lowered,

l8. A,truck, comprising the combination of a base having a wheel at the rear and a wheel swiveled at the front. a handle connected with said front wheel forsteering the truck. a platform movable up and down, a handle-operated member pivoted to the base, a link connected with the platform and pivoted to said member at a distance from the pivot of said member, said member and link operable by said handle constituting a part of the means for raising said platform.

and said member extending across and in front of said handle when said handle is raised and the platform is lowered.

19. A truck. comprising the combination of a base, a platform carried by and movable up and down on said base, a wheel support swiveled to said base, a handle pivoted to swing up and down on said support, means adapted to move said platform through the movement of said handle on said support and comprising a U-shaped member pivoted to opposite sides of said base, and links having pivot connections at their inner ends to opposite sides of said platform and their outer ends being pivoted to opposite arms of said member at a distance'away from the pivots of said member, said pivots at the outer ends of said links adapted to be moved to opposite sides of an imaginary straight line connecting the pivots at the inner ends of said links and said member pivots. said member and links adapted to be moved bv the depression of said handle. and the said mem er extending across and in front of said handle when said handle is raised and the platform is low red.

20. The combination. in a truck. with a suitable body and a suitable superimposed platform arranged for relative horizontal] movement, such bodv having an upright at its front end. and means to convert such movement into a vertical movement. of links pivotally connected with each 'other and with said upright and said platform, a tongue, pivotal connections between'said body and said tongue, the latter being arranged when swung downward and forward to swing said links upwardly, and means to stop the pivotally-connected parts of said links in their upward movement after the axis of the same has passed the plane common to the axial connections between said links and said upright and platform.

21. The combination, in a truck with a suitable body and a suitable superimposed platform arranged for relative horizontal movement, such body having an upright at its front end. and means to convert such movement into a vertical movement,- of links pivotallv connected with each other and with said upright and with said platform. a tongue, pivotal connections between said body and tongue. the latter being arrang d when swung downward and for ward to swing said links upwardly. means to stop the pivotall v-conncctcd parts of said links in their upward movement after the axis of the same has passed the plane common to the axial connections between said links and said upright and platform, and means operated by said tongue when swung upward and backward to fo ce said axis below said plane and release said links.

22. In a truck in combination. a main frame. a movable platform carried thereby, movable inclined members located between said frame and platform to move the latter upward. toggle mechanism adapted to move said members. a handle adapted to engage and more said toggle mechanism to a position srch that the load holds said toggle locked. said handle being pivoted independentlv of said toggle wherebv said handle is then disengageable from said toggle mechanism and movable up and down without engag ng said toggle mechanism.

23. In a truck in combination. a main frame. a movalnc platform carried tlierebv. mo able members located .between said frame and platform to move the latter upward. toggle mechan sm adapted to move said members. a handle adapted to engage and move said toggle mechanism to a posi- -move said members, a. handle adapted to en-' the baseand locked, and means for gage and move said toggle mechanism to a osition such that the load holds said toggle locked, said handle being pivoted independently of said tog 'lc on a universal joint whereby said handle is then disengageable from said toggle mechanism and movable up and down and to the right and left without engaging said toggle mechanisms, and a steering wheel movable to the right and left by said handle.

2". In a truck in combination. a main frame, a movable platform carried thereby, a handle movable up and down, actuating means between the frame and theplatform adapted to move the platform upwardly and hold it and said actuating means locked, comprising a part engageable by the handle when the handle is H] raised posi tion and moved by the handle into a locked position such that the handle is disengage able from said part and movable awav-from the same as the handle is raised. whereby said handle may be then moved up and down without engaging said part, said handle being also pivoted so that it may be swung from side to side without moving said truck.

26. In a truck in combination, a main frame. a platform movable forward and back longitndinally of said truck. inclined members between said frame and platform to convert said longitudinal movement into a vertical movement. a handle pivoted to the frame and adapted to be moved up luau down, toggle mechanism connected at one end with the frame and at the other end with the platform and adapted to he move" by thc hand le when it is lowered from n raised position and thereby move the toggliand platform to the locked position, saw

handle being then disengascable from ournection with said toggle and movable up amdown without unlocking said toggle.

27. In a truck. the combination of a ban. a movable platform, a movable handle e.- tongueon said base, inclined members between said base and platform JIOVlClll'l means for carrying the latter in a orizouta positi e ,a toggle connected with said base and plgtform independently of the handle, the end pivots of said toggle being located one in advance of the other and the intermediatepivot being movable either above or below a direct line extending through said end pivots, a yoke in front of said 1andle,.connected with said toggle and operated on by said handle to throw the toggle to locking position, whereby through the cooperat on. of said toggle and inclined memhere the said platform is moved away from acting on said toggle to unlock said platform.

28. In a truck, the combination of a base, a movable platform. means for supporting said platform on said base and for causing both ends 0 it to move upwardly relatively to the base, a movable handle or tongue on said base, power multiplying means pivotally connected at the ends with said base and platform and operable by said handle, the said connectmg being ocated one in advance of the other, a. yoke in front of said handle, connected with said power multiplying means and operated on by said handle to move said multl lying means to a locking position, said hand I ing independent of said power multiplying means and yoke, and means for acting on said ower multiplying means to unlock said plat orm.

29. In a truck, the combination of a base, a movable platform, a handle or tongue on one of said arts, inclined members between f said base and platform providmg carrying means for the latter, a toggle connected with said base and platform 1ndependently of the handle the end of said toggle being located one in a vance of the other, and the intermediate pivot being movable either above or below a direct line extending through said end pivots, means operated on b said handle to throw the toggle to, locking position, whereby through the coiipcration of said toggle and inclined members one of said arts that is the base and platform, is shi ted orizontally relatively to the other and the platform carried upwardly in a substantially horizontal position and locked, and means for acting on said toggle to unlock said platform.

30. In a truck, the combination of a base a movable platform, means at both ends of saidfplatform for supfporting it on said base and or causing one o the same to move into a horizontally shifted and vertically s aced position relatively to the other, a ban le or tongue on one of said parts. that is the base and platform, power multipliying means pivotally connected at the en with said base and pivots of which multiplying means ivots handle, the said pivots of which power means being located one in advance of the other, whereby one of said members, that is the base and platform, may be shifted in said horizonta direction so that said carrying means will act to elevate said platform, said handle being independent of said power means, and means for acting on said power means to unlock said platform.

31. "In a truck, in combination, a main frame, a platform movable forward and back, inclined members between said frame and platform to convert said longitudinal movement into a vertical movement, a handle pivoted to the frame and adapted to be moved up and down, to gle mechanism connected at one end with t e frame and at the other end with the platform and having a portion located on each side of the handle and adapted to be moved by the handle when it is lowered from its raised position and theieby more the toggle and platform to the locked position, said handle being then disengageable from connection with said toggle and movable up and down without un ocking'said toggle.

32. In a truck, in combination, a main frame, a handle movable up and down a platform carried by the frame and movable up and down, means to move said platform upwardly comprising a toggle having two links pivoted together in advance of said latfnrm and also pivoted to said frame, said liandlc arranged to act on said means to move said toggle and platform to locked position, said handle being then disengage able from said means and movable up and down and to" the right and left without engaging said means.

GEORGE P. TAYLOR. Witnesses:

F. A. Curran, A. C. Fnnmaxns.

platform and operable by said it is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 1,122,439, granted December 2 9 1914, upon the application of George P. Taylor, of Holyoke, Massachusetts, for an improvement in Trucks, an error appears in the printed specification requiring correction as follows: Page 6, strike out lines 98-110 and insert the following: 0 1w tical movement, a handle pivoted to the frame and adapted to be moved up and rlrrun, toggle mechanism connected at one end with the frame and at the other end with th platform and adapted to be moved by the handle when it is lowered from *itx roisrd posilion and hereby move the toggle and platform to the locked position, said ham/1(- lu'i'llg lhm disengageable from connection with said toggle and movable up and down without unlocking said toggle.

27 In a truck, the combination ofa base, a movable platform, a movable handle or; and that the said Letters Patent hould be read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the casein the Patent Ofiice.

Signed and sealed this 19th day of January, A. D., 1915.

R. F. WHITEHEAD,

{mu-J Acting C'ommiuioner of Palenh. 

